Swimming in circles ((Open))

Melissa Matthews was an optimistic person. You could definitely say she was optimistic for wanting to hold a pool party in September, although that was all in fun. She wasn't really going to hold a pool party - she was going to have her own celebration of fall coming by going to the pool and enjoying the water before it turned all frigid. It was an indoor pool, but still, it would get colder during the winter.

She strode toward the pool, which was located at the south end of the Red Building, marching purposefully to avoid shivering. Now that she thought about it, wearing clothes over her one piece swimsuit might have helped. It was getting cooler as autumn officially set in, and here she was with a towel around her neck, flip-flops and a swimsuit. It was sort of fun, though.

"It's like an adventure!" She told herself excitedly. She pushed open the door, still talking quietly to herself. "Maybe it's like I'm living in the Arctic, with nothing but a towel to defend me from polar bears. Well that wouldn't work. A polar bear is easily twenty times my weight - they're big. And cute and cuddly!" She didn't notice that anyone else was there as she put her towel down on the bench and started walking over to the pool, keeping her eyes down as thought hard about what she would do with the polar bears.

As she was thinking about it, a huge splash soaked her to the bone, causing her to jump as she was hit with the cool water. It wasn't cold, but it wasn't exactly pleasant either. She looked up to see another girl, around her age, swimming over to her. She apologized in an overly loud voice and then spoke a little quieter when she asked for forgiveness.

Mew started laughing helplessly. "Well that's silly. Of course I'll forgive you. You're just lucky I was getting in. Now watch this splash!" She walked quickly over to the diving board, and climbed on. She stood at the far end, near the steps, thinking about what kind of jump to do. She grinned and ran to the end.

"CANNONBALL!" She yelled enthusiastically as she jumped, tucking herself into a ball and creating a reasonably-sized splash. She surfaced, eyes shining. "Beat that!" She cried in a playfully challenging way.

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Mew laughed happily when the other girl took her challenge and went for the diving board. She seemed surprised to find it, which amused Melissa greatly, but it was possible that she was new and hadn’t seen the diving board before. Melissa herself had made sure to walk around campus a few times and explored the areas she found interesting, though she didn’t know everything yet. That was part of the excitement, of course!

The girl did some silly leg movements at the end of the diving board, and Melissa laughed, “Go already!” She teased as she swam out of the way of the board so that the other girl could jump freely. But the girl was already running across the board and leapt out as if she were a flying squirrel, and landed with a smack on the water, face-first. Mew winced, but saw her come up for air with nothing more than a reddened face and a smile.

She challenged her to try to beat that jump, and Mew laughed again. “I’ll try! Watch this!” She swam to the wall and climbed out, pondering what she was going to do as she walked over to the board. When she reached the base of the stairs, she got an idea and climbed up more rapidly. She swung herself back and forth on the bars to build momentum, and then dashed forward and jumped, performing a jack knife at the end of the board. She tucked one leg under her and held the other leg straight out, splashing into the water and smacking her legs.

Mew floated for a moment underwater, then kicked her way up to the surface. She was still smiling as she broke the surface and started swimming over to the other girl.

“I’m Melissa, or Mew, if you like. What’s your name?”



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